Heighten Security. Displaced and missing jewelry pieces are more likely to be found. Systems like Enterprise Jewelry Software adopts an early detection approach to the problem. With RFID, jewelry items can be monitored real time against theft and accidental misplacements. An important advantage to real-time monitoring is it enhances security to guard against internal and external theft scenarios.

Jewelry Business Intelligence. Particularly for retail, an optimally placed in fashion jewelry piece can fetch more customers' attention and converting into actual sale. A poorly placed jewelry piece will drown into obscurity among the thousands of jewelry pieces displayed in the store. RFID can implement a detection system that registers each time a design is requested over the counter up to the point the sale is completed. A well designed system becomes a tremendous marketing tool to learn about actual customer trending in the store.

RFID Configurations For Jewelry Management

There are about three main general RFID configurations used for jewelry management. Further to this, over the years we have compiled a list of recommended jewelry packaging and design that better suit in a RFID environment. For some implementations, it may lead to a customized antenna approach to better align with tracking operations. In general the RFID jewelry solution is used with minor differences for a jewelry retail operation than a jewelry wholesale business.

The three main RFID jewelry configurations are :

RFID Wholesale Tray

RFID Smart Shelf

Handheld RFID Jewelry Solution

RFID Tunnel

RFID Wholesale Tray

Jewelry wholesale environment is the most likely candidate to use a RFID Tray Configuration. Using the RFID Tray Configuration, trays of Jewelry items are check-out from the safe room and scanned in batches of 50 – 100 pieces at a time. The results are instantly presented and verified on the computer screen. On day closing, the trays of Jewelry items will be scanned (check-in) in batches of 50 - 100 pieces each time and stored into the safe room. The tedious and error prone task of stock taking is completely automated.

RFID Smart Shelf

In jewelry retail stores, RFID scanners are placed inside display showcases. Once turned on, the scanners are worked to monitor jewelry items real time. Actual information such as the location of every jewelry piece, the trending on the number of times it has been requested over the counter, and similar tracking duties are conscientiously performed by the system.

A jewelry software, like Enterprise Jewelry Software can be setup to continuously receive real-time report feeds from RFID scanners and performs corresponding actions as required in the jewelry management process. For example, if a particular jewelry item is removed from the smart shelf unauthorized, the system can be programmed to alert the shop manager that a possible theft is taking place.

Handheld RFID Jewelry Solution

Using the handheld RFID Jewelry Solution, a jewelry inventory PDA application loaded will be used together with a RFID CF Reader. Alternatively, a specially customized antenna (as shown in the picture below) is used. When the PDA RFID or Handheld RFID is in proximity (waved) to the tagged jewellery items, the information of the jewellery pieces inside the display is automatically detected. Unlike barcode technology, RFID does not require "line of sight" thus close proximity is sufficient to activate detection.